Monthly Archives: November 2011

In one of my favourite episodes of NBC’s 30 Rock, Liz Lemon has a crush on her gorgeous new neighbour, Dr. Drew Baird. He’s a pediatrician, he bakes and he’s played by Jon Hamm. Liz finally gets the nerve to … Continue reading →

Remember that scene from the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off when the teacher is running through attendance? You know the one: “Bueller? Bueller?” (Hughes, 1986). Later in the film, the teacher is giving an economics lecture in the same monotone voice … Continue reading →

Since Edward Freeman’s (1984) publication of Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach, there has been a sharp increase in attention given to ‘the stakeholder’. For those of you who are not familiar with the term, a stakeholder is a person or … Continue reading →

A day that celebrates planning may not be on your calendar, but it is on ours here at HSAL. November 8th is World Town Planning Day. Every year, planners from approximately 30 countries on four continents observe this day in … Continue reading →

One of my primary responsibilities as Director of Communications at Hardy Stevenson and Associates Limited (HSAL) is to work with municipalities, engineers, planners and other stakeholders, to communicate infrastructure projects to the public. Historically, infrastructure projects haven’t been communicated well; … Continue reading →

On Tuesday, I had the privilege of speaking to a group of students from Loyalist College’s Art and Design Foundation program. Hardy Stevenson and Associates Limited (HSAL) is partnering with Loyalist College to produce branding for one of our non-profit clients: … Continue reading →

The concept of community well-being is one of the frameworks for community assessment along with other concepts (e.g. local community quality-of life studies, community health or community capacity). Measuring well-being in a community is vital to knowing how that community … Continue reading →

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